,
, ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matt Walker, CEH, is an IT security and education
professional, currently working from his home in beautiful
Troy, Alabama. For over 20 years he has held a variety of
roles in virtually the entire gamut of IT security, including
roles as the director of the Network Training Center and a
curriculum lead/senior instructor for Cisco Networking
Academy on Ramstein AB, Germany, and as a network
engineer for NASA’s Secure Network Systems (NSS),
designing and maintaining secured data, voice, and video
networking for the agency. Matt also worked as an instructor
supervisor and senior instructor at Dynetics, Inc., in
Huntsville, Alabama, providing onsite certification-awarding
classes for (ISC)2, Cisco, and CompTIA, and after two years
came right back to NASA as an IT security manager for
UNITeS, SAIC, at Marshall Space Flight Center. He has
written and contributed to numerous technical training
books for NASA, Air Education and Training Command, and
the U.S. Air Force, as well as commercially, and he continues
to train and write certification and college-level IT and IA
security courses.
About the Technical Editor
Brad Horton currently works as an intelligence specialist
with the U.S. Department of Defense. Brad has worked as a
security engineer, commercial security consultant,
penetration tester, and information systems researcher in
both the private and public sectors. This has included work
with several defense contractors, including General
Dynamics C4S, SAIC, and Dynetics, Inc. Brad currently holds
the Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP), the CISSP — Information Systems Security
, Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP), the Certified
Ethical Hacker (CEH), and the Certified Information Systems
Auditor (CISA) trade certifications. Brad holds a bachelor’s
degree in Commerce and Business Administration from the
University of Alabama, a master’s degree in Management of
Information Systems from the University of Alabama in
Huntsville (UAH), and a graduate certificate in Information
Assurance from UAH. When not hacking, Brad can be found
at home with his family or on a local golf course.
The views and opinions expressed in all portions of this
publication belong solely to the author and/or editor and do
not necessarily state or reflect those of the Department of
Defense or the United States Government. References
within this publication to any specific commercial product,
process, or service by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, or otherwise, do not necessarily constitute or
imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the
United States Government.
, ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Matt Walker, CEH, is an IT security and education
professional, currently working from his home in beautiful
Troy, Alabama. For over 20 years he has held a variety of
roles in virtually the entire gamut of IT security, including
roles as the director of the Network Training Center and a
curriculum lead/senior instructor for Cisco Networking
Academy on Ramstein AB, Germany, and as a network
engineer for NASA’s Secure Network Systems (NSS),
designing and maintaining secured data, voice, and video
networking for the agency. Matt also worked as an instructor
supervisor and senior instructor at Dynetics, Inc., in
Huntsville, Alabama, providing onsite certification-awarding
classes for (ISC)2, Cisco, and CompTIA, and after two years
came right back to NASA as an IT security manager for
UNITeS, SAIC, at Marshall Space Flight Center. He has
written and contributed to numerous technical training
books for NASA, Air Education and Training Command, and
the U.S. Air Force, as well as commercially, and he continues
to train and write certification and college-level IT and IA
security courses.
About the Technical Editor
Brad Horton currently works as an intelligence specialist
with the U.S. Department of Defense. Brad has worked as a
security engineer, commercial security consultant,
penetration tester, and information systems researcher in
both the private and public sectors. This has included work
with several defense contractors, including General
Dynamics C4S, SAIC, and Dynetics, Inc. Brad currently holds
the Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP), the CISSP — Information Systems Security
, Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP), the Certified
Ethical Hacker (CEH), and the Certified Information Systems
Auditor (CISA) trade certifications. Brad holds a bachelor’s
degree in Commerce and Business Administration from the
University of Alabama, a master’s degree in Management of
Information Systems from the University of Alabama in
Huntsville (UAH), and a graduate certificate in Information
Assurance from UAH. When not hacking, Brad can be found
at home with his family or on a local golf course.
The views and opinions expressed in all portions of this
publication belong solely to the author and/or editor and do
not necessarily state or reflect those of the Department of
Defense or the United States Government. References
within this publication to any specific commercial product,
process, or service by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, or otherwise, do not necessarily constitute or
imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the
United States Government.
